[or-roots] Oregon Pioneer Certificates -- what documentation?

[Jerry & Carolyn Ott]

Marilyn....

Perhaps this family is not on the 1880 census because of moving they were missed in each state..
George A. Marks is listed in the Family Search Pedigree File.......the submitter is also listed.  Just a thought.........
  If you did not submit the info or if you are not related to or do not know the submitter you might contact her for info. that you might not have.

Carol



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  From: gary murray 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 2:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Oregon Pioneer Certificates -- what documentation?


  i finally have an address for SDOP.  i belonged when i lived in oregon but lost all of it 2 1/2 years ago when i moved to az.  i have five framed certificates all done in the same frames.  they really look nice above the breakfast table.  thanks walt for posting the address as i want to re-up. 
  gary in az.
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    From: MMDSchwartz at cs.com <MMDSchwartz at cs.com>
    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
    Date: Sunday, December 21, 2003 2:36 PM
    Subject: [or-roots] Oregon Pioneer Certificates -- what documentation?


    Barb,

    Thanks for the information on the certificates.  Does anyone know what proof is required?  I can come up with some documentation that my GG-grandparents came to Oregon in the 1850s (DLCs), but so far I've come up with no documentation of my grandfather's birth.  

    As far as we can ascertain, my grandfather, George Alfred Marks, was born October 12, 1874, "in the Willamette Valley."  His parents were James P. Marks and Charity Ann (Noble) Marks.  Charity died in 1875.  The Marks and Noble clans were in transition at that time, moving from Sweet Home area to Prineville area (Marks Creek).  

    I can't locate this Marks family on any censuses.  George's father James P. remarried, a Margaret Hedgpeth, around 1878, and the family moved to Wyoming around 1880, then to Montana.  I can't find them on the 1880 census in either state, I understand the 1890 census was destroyed, then George's father and stepmother were dead before the 1900 census.  George doesn't show up there either, and he died in 1906.  Hmm, I know he existed!  

    Without a birth certificate or family Bible or something proving my grandfather's parentage, would I be eligible for the Pioneer Certificate?  As far as that goes, there's no birth certificate for my father.  He was born in Rosebud, Montana in 1906 and I guess there was a fire where certificates were lost.  He had a dickens of a time getting social security as I recall.

    What kind of proof do I need to come up with?

    Thanks.

    Marilyn Schwartz
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